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- wait [wet] [weɪt]
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1.
vi.
等待；等候；期待；期望
- I will wait for your mushrooms to grow.
- 那我可就等着瞧了。
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2.
vi.
准备好；在手边
- Dinner was waiting for them.
- 给他们吃的午餐已准备好。
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3.
vi.
延缓；搁置
- Let that job wait.
- 那项工作暂时搁一下。
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4.
vi.
伺候（进餐）；服侍（与at或on连用）
- to wait at table
- 伺候进餐
- to wait on a person
- 服侍别人
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5.
vt.
等待；等候；期待
- to wait orders
- 等待命令
- to wait one's turn
- 等轮到自己
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6.
vt.
[verbal]
（为等待某人而）推迟进餐时间
- to wait dinner
- 推迟进餐
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7.
vt.
[antiquated]
拜访；谒见；晋谒
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8.
vt.
[antiquated]
随…而生；是…的结果
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9.
noun
等待；期待
- How long is the wait?
- 要等多久？
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10.
noun
等待的时间
- a four-hour wait
- 四小时的等待
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11.
noun
[England]
圣诞节期沿街唱圣诞歌的歌手或演奏圣诞歌的乐队
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12.
noun
（旧时英格兰）市镇所雇乐队队员
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13.
noun
[antiquated]
更夫；守夜的人
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1.
vi.
等待；等候；期待；期望
Collins English-English Dictionary
- wait [weɪt]
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1.
vb
[
when intr,often foll by for, until,or to] to stay in one place or remain inactive in expectation (of something); hold oneself in readiness (for something) -
2.
vb
to delay temporarily or be temporarily delayed
- that work can wait
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3.
vb
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when intr,usually foll by for] (of things) to be in store (for a person)- success waits for you in your new job
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4.
vi.
[intr]
to act as a waiter or waitress
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5.
n
the act or an instance of waiting
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6.
n
a period of waiting
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7.
n
[plural]
[rare]
a band of musicians who go around the streets, esp at Christmas, singing and playing carols
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8.
n
an interlude or interval between two acts or scenes in a play, etc
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9.
n
See also wait on wait up
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10.
n
[Etymology]
C12: from Old French waitier; related to Old High German waht
e n towake 1
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1.
vb
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Examples
- I'll wait you at the back steps of my building at 4 p.m., don't let me wait too much.
- 下午四点我会在我家后楼梯那儿等你，别让我等太久啊。 → back
- I can't wait {or} I can hardly wait to tell her
- 我等不及要告诉她 → wait
- Wait a bit.
- 等一会儿。 → bit
- It would help if he could wait.
- 如果他能等待，那将会有所帮助。 → could
- Could you wait?
- 你等一下好吗? → could
- Let that job wait.
- 那项工作暂时搁一下。 → wait
- to wait at table
- 伺候进餐 → wait
- to wait on a person
- 服侍别人 → wait
- to wait orders
- 等待命令 → wait
- to wait one's turn
- 等轮到自己 → wait
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